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Vedanta CEO: Still Eyeing Zambian Konkola Copper Mines IPO
First Published Thursday, 5 May 2011 11:21 am - © 2011 Dow Jones
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- U.K.-listed, India focused Vedanta Resources PLC (VED.LN) is still contemplating plans to publicly list the shares of its Zambian copper unit Konkola Copper Mines in 2011, the company's chief executive said Thursday.
Vedanta is "developing this opportunity and is in discussion with bankers," MS Mehta told journalists in a conference call. At "an appropriate time we will announce progress on that," he said.
He declined to provide a timeline for such a listing but said that it shouldn't take too long to reach a decision. Vedanta last year postponed a London listing for Konkola Resources, the mine's holding company, citing market volatility.
Anil Agarwal, Vedanta's chairman, said bankers were trying, among other things, to determine the appropriate timing for an initial public offering. He highlighted Glencore International's plans to raise $10 billion through an IPO in London and Hong later in May as an example of one of many this year.